Only one journalist saw fit to mention the second largest dogfighting sweep in state history COLUMBIA, South Carolina––Four days after the biggest dogfighting bust in South Carolina in almost a year, and one of the biggest in South Carolina and for that matter the entire U.S. ever, only crime and courts reporter Ted Clifford of […]
Oregon halts wildlife killing contests; New York gov Hochul dithers
New York legislature passed bill to ban wildlife killing contests three months ago, but governor has yet to sign it into law BEND, Oregon; ALBANY, New York––The Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission on September 15, 2023 voted unanimously to prohibit wildlife killing contests for coyotes and other species classified as unprotected mammals in the […]
Would Moses have practiced Kaporos? Did Jesus handle snakes?
Israel discourages Kaporos. U.S. authorities ignore it. Many U.S. Jews protest against it. TEL AVIV, Israel; New York City, N.Y.––Compared to the slaughter of 25 million factory-farmed chickens per day for human consumption, the annual sacrificial killing of 50,000 to 100,000 by the estimated 130,000 Hassidic Jewish households worldwide in the practice of Kaporos scarcely […]
Charreada steer-tailing loses first court test in Will County, Illinois
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone video persuades Illinois state’s attorneys & county court judge JOLIET, Illinois––A terse handwritten note from Will County, Illinois county court judge John Anderson on September 8, 2023 handed Showing Animals Respect & Kindness a first big win––at least on paper––in a year-long campaign against charreada cruelty in the […]
Outside animal rescuers excluded from Morocco after earthquake
But British-funded SPANA and Massachusetts SPCA subsidiary American Fondouk were both already there MARRAKECH, Morocco––September 11 might be the grimmest of dates thus far into the 21st century. September 11, 2001 is marked in the U.S. for terrorist attacks that killed 2,996 people when Al Qaida hijackers crashed two jets into the World Trade Center […]
Lumpy skin disease––what’s that?––hits cattle from Africa to Nepal
Lumpy skin disease––yes, it’s ugly––also set Australia & Indonesia at odds for months. KATHMANDU, Nepal––Best known as the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, circa 564 B.C., and as the land of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, Nepal during the summer of 2023 gained a more sinister distinction as ground zero for arguably the […]
Can new regs fix what’s wrong with walking horse shows & racing?
Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration was mighty quiet without Clant Seay SHELBYVILLE, Tennessee––The 85th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, held from August 23, 2023 through September 2, 2023, was mighty quiet without the protesting presence for the first time in a decade of Citizens Campaign Against Big Lick Animal Cruelty founder Clant Seay. Seay, […]
Jimmy Buffett, 76, was there when needed for dolphins & manatees
Jimmy Buffett fans calling themselves “Parrotheads” reinforced the dolphin & manatee causes SAG HARBOR, New York––James William Buffett, 76, born on Christmas Day 1946, known to the world as entertainer and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett, died on September 1, 2023, at his home in Sag Harbor, New York, from complications of Merkel-cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin […]
Icelandic whalers kept in port by women who chain selves to masts
Anahita Babaei and Elissa Biou held out through cold night, Babaei without food or water, but surrendered after 33 hours REYKJAVIK, Iceland––Slipping aboard the Icelandic whaling vessels Hvalur 8 and Hvalur 9 at approximately 5:00 a.m. on September 4, 2023, anti-whaling activists Anahita Babaei and Elissa Biou climbed the masts of each ship and chained themselves into the […]
Should ex-New Mexico governor Bill Richardson go to heaven or hell?
“Heaven!” says Wayne Pacelle. “Hell!” says Steve Hindi. CHATHAM, Massachusetts––Bill Richardson, 75, New Mexico governor from 2003 to 2011, involved in politics and international diplomacy from his 1971 graduation from Tufts University until shortly before his death, died on September 1, 2023 at his summer home on Cape Cod. Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle […]